Also, if the company failed because they failed to deliver that thing you wanted to build does the investor get the time back? No.
But the employee keeps the money.
The entirety of my reasoning in predicated on one simple thing: an investor trades in their money for something of equal value, and the worker trades in their time for something of equal value.
Indeed. The investor buys part of the company, and the worker gets paid for their time.
If you buy shares in Microsoft you get a proportion of the company, not some weird "time" thing.
But the employee keeps the money.
The entirety of my reasoning in predicated on one simple thing: an investor trades in their money for something of equal value, and the worker trades in their time for something of equal value.
Indeed. The investor buys part of the company, and the worker gets paid for their time.
If you buy shares in Microsoft you get a proportion of the company, not some weird "time" thing.